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MA Sharks 🦈

@MA_Sharks

MA Shark Biologist J Chisholm • Tweets about Sharks or as I call 'em Shahks • Solving the Atlantic white shark puzzle • Feros Ferio • 🦈

Massachusetts

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Joined March 2015

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@MA_Sharks
May 2, 2025
It’s that time of year, shark season is upon us. Now would be a good time to brush up on your ID skills. This video will help you distinguish between white sharks and basking sharks. Remember if you see a shark please use @sharktivity to report it. youtu.be/kWRuFWuz7NA?si…
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MA Sharks 🦈
@MA_Sharks
Aug 17, 2021
One of the hardest things to communicate to people is how massive white sharks can be. Until you see one in person, it’s hard to appreciate the girth which may be more impressive than length. These photos from yesterday, with the whale for scale, do help put it into perspective.
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@MA_Sharks
Jul 19, 2021
Fantastic basking shark footage from Ireland. @BaskingIrish
Alan O’Neill
@ApmNeill
Jul 19, 2021
This is like a scene from Jaws,
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MA Sharks 🦈
@MA_Sharks
Aug 17, 2021
Several sharks sighted today off MA including one enormous individual feeding on a dead humpback whale. The two others seem tiny in comparison. One of the smaller ones is towing a recently deployed tag. Stay tuned for more on the big shark.
MA Sharks 🦈
@MA_Sharks
Jul 30, 2020
Lots of anxiety about sharks right now resulting in a lot of sightings being reported. Here's a reminder that not every fin you see belongs to a white shark or even a shark for that matter. The main culprit in misidentifications is the basking shark as seen in this comparison....
MA Sharks 🦈
@MA_Sharks
Jun 5, 2021
With the warmer weather, more people are heading to the ocean and shark sightings are starting to increase. The majority have been basking sharks but there have been a few white sharks too. Can you tell the difference? Here’s a cheat sheet to help you tell them apart.
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@MA_Sharks
Mar 6, 2022
This is amazing!
Jan Freedman
@JanFreedman
Mar 5, 2022
Whale sharks are the biggest fish in the ocean, and they are beautifully majestically creatures. This one swimming in bioluminescent algae looks like its swimming with the stars! (📽️Imgr Hauntologist2)
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MA Sharks 🦈
@MA_Sharks
Sep 21, 2021
17 yrs ago today a white shark got stuck in a salt pond on Naushon Island. I remember thinking how much it reminded me of the scene in JAWS when the shark enters the pond and the irony of the fact we were only a few miles away from where it was filmed.
MA Sharks 🦈
@MA_Sharks
Sep 29, 2021
On this day 17 yrs ago, our efforts to free the Naushon white shark continued. The shark moved north of the Nonamessett Rd bridge giving us hope she’d exit thru Hadley’s Harbor. This is one of my favorite photos because it sums up the whole situation in one frame. #SharkInThePond
MA Sharks 🦈
@MA_Sharks
Oct 2, 2021
Oct. 2, 2004. Although the white shark was finally moved out of the West Gutter of Naushon Island yesterday, it is now stuck in Lackey's Bay literally yards from the freedom of Vineyard Sound but blocked by shoals & boulder fields. Back to the drawing board #sharkinthepond
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@MA_Sharks
Oct 18, 2019
Whenever I forget my camera I see the most remarkable things. Had to make due with the cellphone this evening checking out the surf with @GregSkomal at Coast Guard Beach, Eastham.
MA Sharks 🦈
@MA_Sharks
Jul 21, 2022
The humpback whale show continues off Plymouth. They were so close at one point the grass got in my way.
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@MA_Sharks
Oct 16, 2020
Good reminder that October is peak white shark season. Remember if you see a shark please report it. Use @sharktivity or tag/DM me. 🦈
MA Sharks 🦈
@MA_Sharks
Nov 18, 2016
Two years ago today I saw this seal escape a white shark off #ManometPt. It survived & I saw it again last Nov all healed. #FlashbackFriday